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United States (8:21 PM)
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Joined on April 13, 2010
$28 USD / Hour
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I'm an information professional with a Master's degree in library and information science and deep expertise in web, database and print research along with extensive experience selecting and categorizing web content gained while working as a researcher at Crain's New York Business and ABC News, along with multiple freelance projects. I've researched a wide range of subjects - non-profit organizations; hospital administrator salaries; civil engineering firms; Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts; avian flu; wars; climate change; contact information for individuals famous and obscure. I'm committed to providing consistent, accurate, timely and well-organized research. I have access to databases that contain information often not available on the "visible web." Will perform targeted searches of news coverage, trade publications, academic literature and blogs on a one-time or regular basis and provide you with full text articles and a bibliography. Can monitor publications in your area of interest on an ongoing basis. Also available for projects involving taxonomy, metadata and subject tagging of information. Services include but are not limited to: - Link curation to populate your website with high-quality material. - Compilation and description of resources for subject-area-focused web databases. - News and current events research. - Current awareness search - I'll keep you up-to-date on your topic of interest. - Literature search. - Journal article search and retrieval. - Deep web search. - Fact checking.
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Experience
Freelance Researcher
Sep, 2009 - Present
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16 years, 10 months
Various Clients
Sep, 2009 - Present
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16 years, 10 months
- Compiled and re-categorized occupational statistics for a labor website. - Categorized and compiled niche and vertical search engines for the Boounce extension for Firefox and Chrome. - Compiled, evaluated and summarized resources related to various management competencies. - Researched and compiled product attribute terms for browse tree on Amazon.com. - Assisted in developing and applying controlled vocabulary terms to a database of iPhone applications. - Located contact, descriptive, quantitative
Sep, 2009 - Present
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16 years, 10 months
Freelance Researcher
May, 2012 - Mar, 2013
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10 months
Stateside Associates
May, 2012 - Mar, 2013
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10 months
- Monitored local government legislative activity and produced daily and weekly reports for corporate and non-profit clients. - Updated database of local government links used by custom crawler.
May, 2012 - Mar, 2013
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10 months
Research Assistant
Feb, 2011 - Sep, 2011
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7 months
Crain's New York Business
Feb, 2011 - Sep, 2011
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7 months
Conducted primary and secondary research for Crain's New York surveys and ranking lists on a variety of topics of interest to the New York City business community. Survey projects for the New York area included: Highest Paid Hospital Executives/Employees, Largest Public Companies, Largest Hospitals, Largest Engineering Firms, Largest Cultural Institutions, Growing A Business Guide, Largest Privately-Held Companies, and Pulse Extra, a weekly health business newsletter. Highlights: - Compiled exe
Feb, 2011 - Sep, 2011
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7 months
Education
Master of Library Science
1984 - 1987
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3 years

United States
1984 - 1987
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3 years
Certifications
US English
Basic Numeracy
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